In our September Episode of Project Features, project partner Lapis Carbon Solutions and LSB Industries walk us through their CCS ammonia project in El Dorado, Arkansas. Permitting is expected to be finalized next year, followed by commencement of CCS operations in late 2026.
23,500 tons of ammonia certified under the Fertilizer Institute’s Verified Ammonia Carbon Intensity (VACI) Program were loaded onto the Trafigura-operated Oceanic Star in Louisiana last month. The cargo is en route to Antwerp, where chemicals and materials manufacturer Envalior will use the low-carbon ammonia as a feedstock to produce the monomer caprolactam and downstream resins.
1PointFive and Enbridge will develop the Pelican Sequestration Hub, anchored by a 25 year offtake agreement between CF Industries and 1PointFive for ~2.3 million tons of CO2 per year from the Blue Point ammonia mega-project.
First Ammonia Motors has successfully demonstrated a pure ammonia-fed V8 engine, which utilises proprietary onboard heat recycling and ammonia cracking technology to generate hydrogen as a combustion co-fuel.
Meet LSB Industries and Lapis Carbon Solutions, partners in a CCS retrofit project at LSB’s existing ammonia production facility in El Dorado, Arkansas. Based on the annual production of 375,000 tons of ammonia, 450,000 tons per year of concentrated carbon dioxide per year will be sequestered from 2026 onward.
GoSolar Energy’s industrial complex currently under development in northern Arizona will enable mega-scale CCS-based and renewable ammonia based fertiliser production for the local and export markets.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation will fully finance Mitsui & Co.’s investment in the Blue Point mega-project in the USA. The project – which will entail around $4 billion total investment – reached FID earlier this year.
Following the passage of new legislation in the USA, the timeline has been set for hydrogen and ammonia producers to benefit from 45V tax credits. Construction on renewable hydrogen projects must begin by January 1, 2028, providing a short window of opportunity, particularly for the regional Hydrogen Hubs.
Linde will invest $400 million to build, own and operate the supply of nitrogen and oxygen to the Blue Point mega-project, a 1.4 million tons per year CCS ammonia joint venture from CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui & Co.